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The most famous Samurai
Miyamoto Musashi is probably the most famous Samurai in all of Japanese history.
武蔵 is the short title for a man long in legend. While coming from a lower class, his new sword and fighting techniques put him on par with the best that feudal Japan had to offer. His long career started with his first duel at age 13!
He is credited with using two swords at once and never losing a single battle in his career. After becoming a Buddhist, and getting older, like many old warriors, he took up a peaceful and solitary life until his death around 1645 A.D.
Note: Technically, Musashi is his given name, and Miyamoto is his surname. However, it's suggested that he assumed both of these names and had a few other names in childhood, as well as being given a Buddhist name. It's hard to know what to call him, as with most Kanji, there are multiple pronunciations. The characters for Musashi can also be pronounced Takezō. But everyone in modern times seems to know him by the name Musashi.
五輪書 is the Japanese title for “The Book of Five Rings.”
五輪書 is a martial arts treatise by Miyamoto Musashi written around 1643.
Technically, these three characters are “Go Rin Sho” but an unwritten “の” or “no” which is a possessive article like the English “of” is verbally added by most Japanese. Therefore, many write this in Romaji as “Go Rin No Sho.”
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your Miyamoto search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
宮下 see styles |
miyamoto みやもと |
More info & calligraphy: Miyashita |
宮本 宫本 see styles |
gōng běn gong1 ben3 kung pen miyamoto みやもと |
More info & calligraphy: Miyamoto(place-name, surname) Miyamoto |
五輪書 see styles |
gorinnosho ごりんのしょ |
More info & calligraphy: The Book of Five Rings |
中論 中论 see styles |
zhōng lùn zhong1 lun4 chung lun Chūron |
中觀論 Prāñnyāya-mūla-śāstra-ṭīkā, or Prāṇyamula-śāstra-ṭīkā; the Mādhyamika-śāstra, attributed to the bodhisattvas Nāgārjuna as creator, and Nīlacakṣus as compiler; tr. by Kumārajīva A. D. 409. It is the principal work of the Mādhyamika, or Middle School, attributed to Nāgārjuna. Versions only exist in Chinese and Tibetan; an English translation by Miyamoto exists and publication is promised; a German version is by Walleser. The 中論 is the first and most?? important of the 三論 q. v. The teaching of this School is found additionally in the 順中論; 般若燈論釋大乘中觀釋論 and 中論疏. Cf. 中道. The doctrine opposes the rigid categories of existence and non-existence 假 and 空, and denies the two extremes of production (or creation) and nonproduction and other antitheses, in the interests of a middle or superior way. |
井上 see styles |
jǐng shàng jing3 shang4 ching shang miyamoto みやもと |
Inoue (Japanese surname, pr. "ee-no-oo-ay") (personal name) Miyamoto |
宮元 see styles |
miyamoto みやもと |
(place-name, surname) Miyamoto |
皆本 see styles |
miyamoto みやもと |
(surname) Miyamoto |
都元 see styles |
miyamoto みやもと |
(surname) Miyamoto |
三谷本 see styles |
miyamoto みやもと |
(surname) Miyamoto |
宮本一 see styles |
miyamotohajime みやもとはじめ |
(person) Miyamoto Hajime |
宮本充 see styles |
miyamotomitsuru みやもとみつる |
(person) Miyamoto Mitsuru (1958.9.8-) |
宮本圭 see styles |
miyamotokei / miyamotoke みやもとけい |
(person) Miyamoto Kei |
宮本彰 see styles |
miyamotoakira みやもとあきら |
(person) Miyamoto Akira (1954.8.11-) |
宮本智 see styles |
miyamotosatomi みやもとさとみ |
(person) Miyamoto Satomi |
宮本研 see styles |
miyamotoken みやもとけん |
(person) Miyamoto Ken |
宮本茂 see styles |
miyamotoshigeru みやもとしげる |
(person) Shigeru Miyamoto (1952.11.16-; game designer) |
宮本輝 see styles |
miyamototeru みやもとてる |
(person) Miyamoto Teru (1947.3-) |
見屋本 see styles |
miyamoto みやもと |
(surname) Miyamoto |
ミヤモト see styles |
miyamoto ミヤモト |
(personal name) Miyamoto |
宮元啓一 see styles |
miyamotokeiichi / miyamotokechi みやもとけいいち |
(person) Miyamoto Keiichi |
宮本一三 see styles |
miyamotoichizou / miyamotoichizo みやもといちぞう |
(person) Miyamoto Ichizou (1931.9.7-) |
宮本亜門 see styles |
miyamotoamon みやもとあもん |
(person) Miyamoto Amon (1958.1-) |
宮本佳明 see styles |
miyamotokatsuhiro みやもとかつひろ |
(person) Miyamoto Katsuhiro |
宮本佳長 see styles |
miyamotoyoshinaga みやもとよしなが |
(person) Miyamoto Yoshinaga (1983-) |
宮本保孝 see styles |
miyamotoyasutaka みやもとやすたか |
(person) Miyamoto Yasutaka |
宮本信子 see styles |
miyamotonobuko みやもとのぶこ |
(person) Miyamoto Nobuko (1945.3-) |
宮本信生 see styles |
miyamotonobuo みやもとのぶお |
(person) Miyamoto Nobuo |
宮本光雄 see styles |
miyamotomitsuo みやもとみつお |
(person) Miyamoto Mitsuo (1950.4.12-) |
宮本勝昌 see styles |
miyamotokatsumasa みやもとかつまさ |
(person) Miyamoto Katsumasa (1972.8.28-) |
宮本勝浩 see styles |
miyamotokatsuhiro みやもとかつひろ |
(person) Miyamoto Katsuhiro |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Miyamoto | 宮本 宫本 | miyamoto | gōng běn / gong1 ben3 / gong ben / gongben | kung pen / kungpen |
Musashi | 武蔵 | mu sashi / musashi | ||
The Book of Five Rings | 五輪書 | go rin sho / gorinsho | ||
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. |
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